Not much to report about my running so far in 2017.. I haven't really done that much but most of what I have done I've really felt the benefit of my advent running streak now the constant aching in my legs has calmed down.
The most exciting thing regarding running so far this year is that I got some beautiful new running shoes yesterday! I've had some money set aside since the summer and never fully got on with my old ones but wanted to wait until I'd got a decent mileage on them, so having some new ones which (hopefully) won't decide to rip my feet up every now and again is a really exciting concept.
Which leads me (somewhat tediously) to my plan...As I was bouncing along on the treadmill tonight I started thinking about how I should just do loads of short runs this week to make sure my lovely new shoes are nicely broken in ready for a long run next weekend.
Then my brain carried on ticking over and thinking to all the benefits I had of my Advent Running streak. Ok, so I'm almost definitely looking upon it with very much rose tinted glasses, but overall I did enjoy getting out there every day and getting the miles in.
Considering this, I've come up with a training plan which should hopefully break in my trainers nicely then help me start building up my fitness etc for my next 10k on the 26th February which I'm struggling to get into some form of training routine for.
So my plan is, every other week I'll run every day then use the non steak weeks to build up my distances. I've checked my diary and it fits in well with everything else I've got planned in for the next six weeks so I think it seems like a good idea.
Give it a week and I'll probably remember everything I hated about 'runchtime' and 'first thing gymming' but I've always been a very much all or nothing person so here we go.. the new concept "every-other-week's-a-streak"
Wish me luck!
